waterloo Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat
   
2. noun a final crushing defeat
   
   • he met his waterloo
3. noun the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon
   Battle of Waterloo.
   

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